EDMONTON — Edmonton police have confirmed the six deaths that occurred over the course of six days earlier this month are all homicides.

Edmonton homicide detectives pulled resources from other sections of the Edmonton Police Service and even outside the agency to help them deal with a surge of deaths in the city over the course of a few days.

“I’ve been here 25 years, I’ve never seen this before. In talking to Staff Sgt. Clark, he’s been in homicide for eight years now, he’s never seen this,” Det. Stephen Camp with the Edmonton Police Service said Monday.

Police said the 42-year-old woman was found by a family member inside an apartment in the area of 114 Avenue and 132 Street. Officers could be seen going in and out of the building for several hours Monday.

Police have since identified Lisa Kristine Randhawa as the victim. Her death has been deemed a homicide.

Edmonton homicide detectives are investigating six deaths that happened over the course of six days in the city.

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The EPS homicide unit was already stretched pretty thin prior to Monday’s incident, investigating five deaths in as many days.

“We’ve seen spikes like this, you guys remember 2011 was quite high, but as far as six [deaths] in six [days], that’s quite a cluster,” Camp said.

“Like 2011, we don’t know why it’s spiking like this right now.”

The violence began Wednesday when Irfan Ahmed Qureshi, 37, and Suzanne Marie Tran, 27, were found dead by a realtor inside a home in the area of 49 Avenue and 213 Street.

Police said Qureshi and Tran died of gunshot wounds. They both had criminal pasts. No one has been arrested in the pair’s deaths but police said there was no safety risk to area residents.

Two people were found dead at a home in the area of 49 Avenue and 213 Street Wednesday, March 23, 2016.

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Two people were found dead at a home in the area of 49 Avenue and 213 Street in west Edmonton on Wednesday, March 23, 2016.

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Irfan Ahmed Qureshi has been identified as one of the people found dead at a Hamptons home Wednesday, March 23, 2016.

Credit: Irfan Qureshi's Facebook Page

Irfan Ahmed Qureshi has been identified as one of the people found dead at a Hamptons home Wednesday, March 23, 2016.

Credit: Irfan Qureshi's Facebook Page

Two people were found dead at a home in the area of 49 Avenue and 213 Street in west Edmonton on Wednesday, March 23, 2016.

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Two people were found dead at a home in the area of 49 Avenue and 213 Street Wednesday, March 23, 2016.

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Two people were found dead at a home in the area of 49 Avenue and 213 Street Wednesday, March 23, 2016.

On Saturday, police were called to the Travelodge Beverly Crest hotel just after 9 a.m. when a man’s body was found inside a suite. Police said they were contacted by a person who was inside the suite.

Also Sunday, a man who is believed to be in his 30s was killed in a shooting just off Whyte Avenue. A second man was taken to hospital with serious injuries following the incident outside Tribute Lounge on 105 Street.

Officers were called to the area at around 2:40 a.m. after reports of “many gunshots,” police said Sunday.

“All I heard was gunshots firing. I wanted to look outside but I [was] scared,” Garry Martinez, who lives in the area of 81 Avenue and 105 Street, said.

Police have confirmed the victim was Amin Mohammed Abdullahi. The 30-year-old died of multiple gunshot wounds.

The surge in violence over the week has stretched police resources. The EPS has about 21 homicide officers. Nearly all of the officers were called out to assist in the investigations over the weekend.

“It is a lot of work. We pull resources from other units… All three investigations are proceeding well with a lot of help from the public,” Staff Sgt. Duane Hunter with the EPS Homicide Section said Sunday of the deaths that occurred this weekend.

Hunter said the violence is concerning to police, but couldn’t give an exact cause for the high number of suspicious deaths.

“We live in a big city and when you live in a big city, things come along with that,” Hunter said. “Like I said, it is concerning.”